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13 Nov 2009, 1:11 am
The rest of the senate committee and a few interested House members, however, stayed to listen to TDCJ Executive Director Brad Livingston give a brief report on contraband interdiction and the rollout of new rehab beds authorized during the last two sessions. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 11:03 am
If the trends continue, Chairman Bell stated it might be possible more prisons could close in the future.TDCJ executive director Brad Livinsgston told the board that "the closure of the Central Unit is a success story that the TDCJ can tout. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 12:35 pm
None wanted to be quoted, citing a fear of job reprisals," Ward reported.Perhaps it's true, as TDCJ insists, the raises were "necessary to retain top talent." [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 8:49 am
Here's a mind blowing statistic about health care costs in Texas prisons that came out at yesterday's Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing: A whopping 48% of TDCJ's total pharmacy budget goes to pay for drugs for inmates with HIV.Chairman Whitmire asked the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee executive director Alan Hightower to compile for him a list of the top ten most expensive inmates in terms of medical costs and their parole status. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 1:05 am
Perhaps it's all perfectly legal, but a recent hire by the Geo Group, a large private prison firm formerly known as "Wackenhut," raises questions, at least, about an appearance of serious conflicts of interest:Former Texas Department of Criminal Justice chief Gary Johnson approved contracts to lease prisons from the Geo private prison group that he will now manage in his new position as Geo regional director, reports the Statesman's Mike Ward in a blog entry, via Texas… [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 5:51 am
I'd don't care what title is in front of your name - Governor, Senator, TDCJ Executive Director, or for that matter, POTUS - announcing a "zero tolerance" policy on prison contraband sets up the person using that language to later be accused of gargantuan failure, as in the case of the escapee with a gun more than a year into TDCJ's zero-tolerance era. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 4:48 am
"When they're asking correctional officers to take a pay cut, and cutting programs and other areas, it's time for the upper management to give it up," Brian Olsen, executive director of a correctional employees union, said of the subsidized housing. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 1:41 pm
Attorneys for Foster and Leal asked the Department of Justice and DPS to investigate TDCJ’s potential violations and “take appropriate steps if TDCJ has violated federal (or state) law. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 12:20 pm
" (The message here to judges and CSCD directors: Use it or lose it!) [read post]
14 Aug 2008, 10:50 am
Texas prison guards would get a 20% pay hike if TDCJ officials have their way, reports the Austin American Statesman ("Big raises sought for prison workers," Aug. 14):Brad Livingston, the prison system's executive director, said the proposal would raise starting pay for correctional officers from $26,016 to $30,179 and the maximum salaries from $34,624 to $42,242. [read post]
26 Jun 2011, 5:14 am
The property is currently leased from TDCJ by the Texas Forest Service. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 6:24 am
“It's time for the governor to take what should be the next step in making certain the chairman and TDCJ and his director and staff understand what zero tolerance really means. [read post]
21 Aug 2008, 10:28 am
(Perhaps a new DPS director will take a different position on that topic.)With that, Livingston concluded his testimony. [read post]
11 Nov 2022, 4:10 am
The Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed a series of affidavits assuring the court that these requests would be granted and moved dismiss the lawsuit as moot. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 4:54 am
(There weren't nearly as many vocal, CSCD directors coming out to support reform in 2005 or 2007.) [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 4:36 am
”The TDCJ and the city of Abilene are working on the problem. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 6:55 am
Yesterday's Senate Criminal Justice Committee hearing began with Chairman John Whitmire questioning Department of Criminal Justice executive director Brad Livingston regarding the recent lockdown targeting cell phones and other contraband.Livingston said TDCJ has found 132 cell phones so far on 22 units, including another one on death row, with 46 of those found patting down guards on the front end. [read post]
3 Aug 2008, 5:24 am
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7 Nov 2014, 11:10 am
University providers are encountering significant difficulties in the ability to recruit and retain the professional staff necessary to provide care at TDCJ correctional facilities. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 3:38 am
All TDCJ operations and programs were reduced and the bill, as filed, would eliminate over 2,000 positions within TDCJ alone. [read post]
